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Henan people have always offered sacrifices to stoves. According to folklore, the moon is yin and the kitchen ruler is yang, so "men don't sacrifice the moon and women don't sacrifice the stove". But in Anyang and other places, there are housewives. On the night of the kitchen memorial day, tofu, vermicelli, Chinese cabbage, kelp and so on were used at home. Make a "kitchen sacrifice soup". In front of the old chef's tablet, he presented sesame cakes made of sugar paste or wheat sugar, "Cookie sacrifices sugar", "Kitchen God died in darkness, and it is a sin to stick sugar cakes on Kitchen God's mouth during sacrifice."
He also lit eighteen fires, put a rooster between his wings, put it in front of the kitchen god, and put some grass and beans aside to "see what God is". First of all, the priest sprinkled wine on the cockscomb, burned incense and candles in front of the shrine, set off firecrackers and recited prayers of various contents in order to pray for help. Remove the statue of Kitchen God from the wall, gently rub it on its mouth with kitchen sugar, burn it on paper immediately, shout "Send Kitchen God to ride on the sky", and the sacrifice will come to an end.
Year-end: Before the founding of China, the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves was also a sad day for poor families, which was called "Year-end". The landlord sent more people to poor families to collect debts. Those who are unable to pay their debts have to hide out, "avoid New Year's Eve" and go home after posting couplets on the 30th. There is a custom that outsiders are not allowed to enter after the "30-decal door", which is called "sacrifice the stove to save lives."
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